Notice is hereby given that the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2071, proposes the rescission of Circuit Rule 35 in anticipation of the elimination of Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 35.
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October 15, 2024 |
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October 14, 2024 | Practice News
As Illinois’ Generative and Natural Language Processing Task Force, charged with assessing legislation, rules, and policies, and educating members and the public at large, on the vast implications of artificial intelligence (AI), its findings and recommendations may ultimately shape best practices in Illinois, including its courts, says Rodney R.
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October 10, 2024 | Practice News
In the early to mid-1990s, Illinois attorney Karen Conti and her husband and law partner Greg Adamski took on serial killer John Wayne Gacy as a client during Gacy’s final appeals as his execution date closed in on him. It wasn’t until now that Conti has been willing to process and share the full set of complex emotions she experienced as she represented Gacy.
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October 3, 2024 | Practice News
A leading appellate attorney reviews the Illinois Supreme Court opinion handed down Thursday, October 3.
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October 1, 2024 | Practice News | ISBA News
Today, the Supreme Court of North Carolina entered an Order to permit lawyers licensed in other states but not in North Carolina to temporarily register with the North Carolina State Bar and begin immediately providing pro bono legal services to indigent residents of North Carolina who are victims of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Helene.
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September 30, 2024 | Practice News
The Illinois Judicial Conference (IJC) is accepting applications for three vacancies:
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September 24, 2024 | Practice News
The Illinois Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission received a donation of a 26-page typed transcription of Clarence Darrow’s passionate argument to save his 17-year-old client Russell McWilliams from the electric chair. After three sentencing hearings and two appearances before the Illinois Supreme Court, McWilliams narrowly escaped becoming the only minor executed in Illinois.
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September 23, 2024 | Practice News
The Illinois Supreme Court announced the filing of lawyer disciplinary orders on September 23, 2024. Sanctions were imposed because the lawyers engaged in professional misconduct by violating state ethics law.
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September 23, 2024 | Practice News
Wrongful-death lawsuits in Illinois often involve federal and state law causes of actions. Because of this, courts often wrestle with difficult determinations at trial regarding what sort of evidence is admissible concerning a decedent’s life. In their September Illinois Bar Journal article, “The Value of a Life,” Christian Ketter and Jason Rose explain why attorneys for plaintiffs often argue that most unfavorable evidence about a decedent’s life is inadmissible.
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September 19, 2024 | Practice News
Leading appellate attorneys review the Illinois Supreme Court opinions handed down Thursday, September 19.